McDonald’s Defends Its Dollar Menu Legacy After 90% Price Surge
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 26, 202690% Big Mac Price Jump Spurs McDonald’s $5 Value ResetMcDonald’s now reaches ...
Tag: Inflation
Rising Diesel Costs Hit Long-Haul Drivers First, Threatening Supply Chains
🎧 Listen:By Jeanne Whalen | March 22, 2026Diesel Prices Up 40% in One Month, Crippling Truckers’ Bottom LinesAverage diesel price ...
Oil-Supply Jitters and Stubborn Inflation Push U.S. Equities Into Broad Selloff
🎧 Listen:By Hannah Erin Lang | March 22, 2026S&P 500 Drops 1.3% as Oil-Supply Shock and Hot CPI Erase Three ...
Stagflation Threat Traps Banks Between Rising Defaults and Sinking Margins
🎧 Listen:By Telis Demos | March 21, 2026Bank Shares Drop 9% as Stagflation Fears Revive 1970s-Style Credit SqueezeKBW Bank Index ...
Oil Spikes to $108 as Iran Shock Hits Ahead of Fed Call
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 18, 2026Brent Crude Cracks $108 After Iran Field Blasts, Wholesale Inflation Beats ForecastsBrent ...
Iran War Sends U.S. Pump Prices Up 27% in Four Weeks, the Fastest Spike Since Katrina
🎧 Listen:By Francesca Paris | March 18, 2026Iran War Drives 27% Gas-Price Surge, Second-Steepest Since 1990National average leaps from $2.90 ...
Canada Core Inflation Hits 1% Amid Oil Price Surge and Rate‑Hold Outlook
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 16, 2026Canada Core Inflation Slows to 1% Annual Rate in FebruaryCore inflation fell ...
Wall Street Extends Losing Streak to Three Weeks Amid Middle East Escalation
🎧 Listen:By Vicky Ge Huang | March 14, 2026Three-Week Slide Erases 1.2% as Oil Tops $103 and GDP Growth Halved ...
Inside Hedge Funds’ Playbook as the Middle‑East Conflict Sends Oil Futures to $100
🎧 Listen:By Gregory Zuckerman | March 14, 2026Oil Futures Near $100 a Barrel as War Drives Prices 55% HigherOil futures ...
Sen. Markey’s Energy Markup: How Taxes, LNG and Inflation Drive Higher Bills
🎧 Listen:By The Editorial Board | March 13, 2026Energy Markup Soars 23% as Taxes, LNG Fees and 9% Inflation CollideState ...